Hame-tug



(No Model.)

I. J. BRINGHAM. HAME TUG.

No. 545,576.. Patented Sept. 3, 1895.

UNITED? STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRIEND J. BRINGHAM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE SEAMLESSLEATHER COMPANY, OF ILLINOIS.

HAM E-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 54=5,576 datedSeptember 3, 1895.

Application filed January 9,1895. Serial No. 534,395. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEND J. BRINGHAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chi cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Box I-Iame-Tugs, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawmgs.

My invention is designed to produce a box hams-tug or similar part of aleather harness Without stitching.

The invention consists, mainly, in forming the box of the strap bysplitting a wider part of the leather and forming thebox out of theupper part so split, all as hereinafter set forth. It is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents in perspectivethe completed hame-tug. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section of thesame. Fig. 3 represents the leather-blank out of whichthe tug is formed.Fig. 4: shows a modification.

The blank shown in Fig. 3 is cut out of a suitable piece or strip ofthick leather. The rounded right-hand end of the blank is cut out toform a tongue at, which leaves a skeleton buckle-chafe b, on which thebuckle c rests. The tongue a, cut out as above de-' scribed, isperforated to receive the buckletongue d, as shown in Fig. 1, and whenthe buckle is in place the tongue is turned back to form a loop for thebuckle. A holdingloop E for the tongue or turned-back portion is splitfrom the blank and. shaped by a suitable former, and the other end Z ofthe strap is split in similar manner to form a passage, for the turned-back end or its extension. The box f is formed by splitting therectangular enlarged part 9 of the blank from end to end and laterallynear to the edges. The split is made parallel with the sides of theleather, preferably leaving the under part thicker and the part raisedand shaped to form the box thinner. The thinner part is then raised toform the box and is pressed into suitable shape. The projecting parts 00y a: y of the blank form the sides h of the boxloop, the junction of theleather at the edges being pressed into the same plane, as shown inFig. 1. If desired to increase the stifiening of the box, areinforcement may be inserted. For the purpose of increasing thelongitudinal strength of the boxIrivet to the tongue at a strap 1', therivet being located un- 55 der the loop E, 'where it is covered orconcealed. The strap iis extended through the box and through a slittedpassage made through from the box to the end of the tugstrap', as shownat i. If preferred, the end l of the tug may be split open from side toside to lap over and under the clip of the harne, and the end of thestrap i'is secured with the split ends of the tug. This constructionforms a very complete and strong box hametug, and it is withoutstitching or other connections of the leather parts, excepting at therivet connecting the strap t' to the tongue. The box is formed in partout of the upper part of the blank and in part by the extended 7,0

sides. The same construction of the box-loop may be used with theturned-back end of the strap, instead of the turned-back end of thetongue cut from the chafe, as shown in Fig.

4, in which the end a, of the strap is wholly 7 3 turned back and passedunder the integral loop E to the other end. The strap is enlargedlaterally to form the loop and is split throughout its entire length.The other or unsplit end-2', which is turned back, passes 8o through theintegral loop or split end 1'. In this form, which is adapted to be usedas a breeching-tug and for other purposes, the end .t'" extends beyondthe end of Z and is turned back and adapted to re-enter split end of Z,

in which it is held by a rivet or in any suitable way, this looped endhaving a ring or any other desired connection.

I claim 1. The method of making box tugs oonsist- 9o ing in cutting outa blank with end portions of less width than the center, splitting saidcentral portion longitudinally from end to end leaving uncut margins andthen expand- .ing the split center to form sides approximately in linewiththe sides of the strap ends, substantially as described.

2. A box tug, formed out of a split blank having lateral extensions,consisting of an expanded box and integral strap ends, the top of saidbox being formed by the upper thick .ness of the strap and the sides ofthe box by the split lateral extensions, substantially as In testimonywhereof I ai fix my signature described. in presence of two witnesses.

3. The strap, the box integral therewith, the 100p E and the buckle, theend of the strap F. J. BRINGI-IAM. 5 being doubled to inclose the bucklebar and. Witnesses:

being passed under the loop E, substantially HENRY E. COOPER,

as described. J AMES M. SPEAR.

